Presentation Shakespeare

1. Nicholas & Panagiotis
Soukaras

3.  Many historians agree that the actor, poet and playwright William
Shakespeare is actually a single person, as shown by significant
historical finds. Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-
upon-Avon in 1564. The exact date of birth remains unknown to
date. The only known information that exists is that the baptism
took place on April 26, as recorded in church registers of Stratford.
Furthermore, it is known that at that time the ceremony of baptism
was only a few days after birth. Traditionally it has come to be
regarded as the date of birth of Shakespeare is April 23, day of Saint
George. This date, which comes from an erroneous assessment of a
scholar of the 18th century, proved appealing to biographers since
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.
William Shakespeare was the third of eight children and the largest
surviving son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. Mary Arden was
the daughter of a wealthy landowner and John Shakespeare was one
of the notables of the village.

4.  John Shakespeare also belonged to the union of glove
manufacturers, but also participated in other businesses, such as
the leather trade. He had political acquaintances and several times
he was appointed to senior positions. For a while even when William
was four years old, he was mayor of Stratford. So as a member of a
prominent family as the William Shakespeare learned very young to
write and read. Although there have been saved attendance that
period, most biographers agree that Shakespeare was probably
educated at the New School in Stratford, which was founded in 1553
by King Edward VI. During the Elizabethan era, schools differed in
quality, but the curriculum was dictated by law throughout England
and the school provided a classical education and intensive
education in Latin language. Having studious character, Shakespeare
read much in his youth, though he did not write much. Most of the
time was passing him studying Latin reciting by heart long passages
from poems.

6.  The Globe stands a few
hundred yards from its
original site. The rebuilding
of the iconic building stems
from the founding of the
Shakespeare's Globe Trust
by the pioneering American
actor and director Sam
Wanamaker. The links
above give information on
Shakespeare and the
London in which he lived
and wrote in, the original
Globe theatres and the
remarkable story of Sam
and the rebuilding process.